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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Ji Li get injured in the summer?

2. Who did Ji Li stay close to on her first day in Jr. High?

3. What did Jin say to Ji Li after the Exhibition?

4. Why did Dad refuse to confess?

5. What did Uncle Tian tell Ji Li on the phone?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Ji Li get injured in the rice fields?

2. What did Ji Li hear her father say the night before Chinese New Year?

3. Why was Ji Li forced to go back to Shang Hai in the summer?

4. What made Ji Li yell at her mother?

5. What made Ji Li so nervous about presenting at the Class Education Exhibition?

6. Why did Lin Lin come to visit Ji Li?

7. How did Ji Li feel about not knowing anyone in her Jr. High class?

8. Why did Ji Li start staying home from school in Jr. High?

9. What was Dad doing while he was locked up, and why?

10. What did Ji Li learn how to raise in Jr. High, and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What was the significance of the title of this book?

Essay Topic 2

How did Ji Li feel about the Cultural Revolution in Chine when it was over, and what led to this changed ideal?

Essay Topic 3

What was the Propaganda Wall, and what role did this play in Ji Li's life during the cultural revolution?

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